Rosanne van Bers (1998) completed her bachelor's degree in flute at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague with Jeroen Bron in 2020. She continued her education with a master's degree at the Conservatory of Amsterdam where she studied with Kersten McCall, Vincent Cortvrint and Mariya Semotyuk. Graduated in 2023, Rosanne now works as a freelancer with various orchestras and ensembles and is a permanent member of Neo-fanfare 9x13 and her own chamber music ensemble FLUWEEL. Since 2018, Rosanne has enjoyed teaching flute lessons in addition to her activities as a performing flutist. 'Being on stage and being a teacher go hand in hand. I bring my own knowledge and experience to class and at the same time learn a lot from my students.' In addition to methodology lessons from Thies Roorda and Wieke Karsten, Rosanne took additional pedagogical subjects during her master's degree, and the Music as a Subject course. 'I enjoy transferring my knowledge of music and flute playing and find it a fun challenge to help each student learn and play as best as possible in his or her own way. The most important thing in my lessons? Fun and sharing the love of music.'
Ana Prazeres (1995) is from Portugal and is clarinet teacher at Harmoniecorps Tuindorp. She studied at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, where she obtained her master's degree in 2021. She played with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, among others.
Jara van Dam (born 1996) is an inspired clarinettist with a great passion for playing together in groups and ensembles. She studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory, where she completed her master's with Bart de Kater and Johan Naus. Together with pianist Florence van der Does, she forms Duo Dam & Does, with whom she gives concerts throughout the Netherlands. Their varied programmes highlight the versatile colour palette of the two instruments. Teaching clarinet also gives Jara a lot of pleasure and energy. During lessons, she likes to pay attention to playing together and various musical styles, such as classical, Balkan and blues.
Ruud Somers is a talented young clarinettist from Thorn in Limburg. He is currently studying at the Amsterdam Conservatory of Music with Bart de Kater. Ruud enjoys playing in both wind and symphony orchestras, including with the KMKJWF, Harmonieorkest St. Michaël from Thorn, Jeugdorkest Nederland and the VU orchestra. Besides classical music, Ruud is also very interested in other styles, which he likes to introduce his students to!
